The word "normalize" has become, well, normal. Long before Donald Trump became the president-elect, his detractors warned against "normalizing" his myriad violations of campaign decorum: the bigotry ...

Normalize not talking in the car when my fav song is on Normalize not having to open gifts in front of people. I don’t care how good that candle smells, Linda. I’m dying inside. Can we normalize ...

Do the news media “normalize” crackpot notions and extremist politics by covering them? Some media observers would answer yes, and they would warn journalists to reconsider what they pay attention to, ...